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Wednesday, 17 June 2015

This is a tutorial, to show how to install Plank on Debian 8 based systems....::: Updated on October 21, 2015 :::...

Plank, its a lightweight dock developed and maintained by the same team of " Docky". In this article, I'm going to show how to install it on Debian based systems, using the files from the unstable branch of Debian ( sid ).

There are another way to install this application on your system, but it requires to install a Ubuntu PPA on your system, and I don't feel that is the best way to do it.

- They are rumors, that Debian will adopt a PPA system in the future, but right now it's only a rumor.

Before we start I want to mention that, if you have reserves to installing an application from the unstable branch of Debian, on your stable, rock solid and reliable system, well... - The final decision it's yours, as always is.

My own experience, I'm not only using Plank but also several applications for a couple of months, and they are stable as they should be, and I didn't have any kind of problems ( until now ).

1st Step - Getting the Files ( copy and paste the follow command lines, one by one into the terminal )

wget -O libplank0_0.10.1-1_amd64.deb http://goo.gl/8m06Yt

wget -O libplank-common_0.10.1-1_all.deb http://goo.gl/VAza9l

wget -O plank_0.10.1-1_amd64.deb http://goo.gl/kqVSmO

2nd Step - Installing the Files ( copy and paste the follow command lines, into the terminal )For this operation, you need to have " Gdebi " pre-installed on your system. You can easily install by this command line: sudo apt-get install gdebi

sudo gdebi libplank0_0.10.1-1_amd64.deb

sudo gdebi libplank-common_0.10.1-1_all.deb

sudo gdebi plank_0.10.1-1_amd64.deb

If for any reason, you aren't satisfied with this application, you can always remove it.

Just copy and paste the follow command lines, into the terminal.

sudo apt-get remove libplank0_0.10.1-1

sudo apt-get remove libplank-common_0.10.1-1

sudo apt-get remove plank_0.10.1-1

And, that's it!
Just launch "Plank Dock", and enjoy it...

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1st Step - Getting the Files( copy and paste the follow command lines, one by one into the terminal )

For this operation, you need to have " Gdebi " pre-installed on your system. If you not have, you can easily install by this command line:

sudo apt-get install gdebi

sudo gdebi libplank0_0.9.1-1_amd64.deb

sudo gdebi libplank-common_0.9.1-1_amd64.deb

sudo gdebi plank_0.9.1-1_amd64.deb

If for any reason, you aren't satisfied with this application, you can always remove it.

Just copy and paste the follow command lines, into the terminal.

sudo apt-get remove libplank0_0.9.1-1

sudo apt-get remove libplank-common_0.9.1-1

sudo apt-get remove plank_0.9.1-1

Plank

" Plank is meant to be the simplest dock on the planet. The goal is to provide just what a dock needs and absolutely nothing more. It is, however, a library which can be extended to create other dock programs with more advanced features..." Source: Plank Official Website